174: Out on the ice

Out on the ice (Out in college book 5)
af Lane Hayes

219 sider
2020
eg.
engelsk
ebook
god


Colby Fischer is a bad boy with attitude and a chip on his shoulder. As a senior at a Southern California college, he knows this may be his last shot. He doubts he’ll ever become the hockey legend he dreamed of being as a kid, but he definitely doesn’t want to be an accountant. Things get interesting when he’s asked to train the new intern at his step-dad’s firm, who happens to be the troublemaker from his econ class. And the one guy Colby can’t stand.

Baseball is Sky Jameson’s life. He’s happy to be back at Chilton for his senior year, but he’s burned a few bridges and has a bit too much free time off-season. He could use the money and something to keep him busy until his season begins. But his accidental crush on his prickly coworker could be a problem. Colby is straight and Sky is in the closet. Their timing isn’t great, but the intense attraction is hard to deny. With his final season on the hockey team in the balance, Colby may have to decide if he’s ready to come out on the ice.

110: Shadow and light

Shadow and light (Arizona raptors 3)
af RJ Scott og V.L. Locey

346 sider
2020
eg.
ebook
god

Injured in a horrific car accident by a man who made him feel like nothing, Henry was left with life threatening injuries, crippling self doubt, and his career as a hockey player destroyed. He’s struggling to see, and as much as people tell him to have hope because he’s young and fit, his vision is compromised and he’s spiraling into despair. Estranged from his family, and his money all gone, there seems to be no hope. Hockey gave him freedom, and now it’s all been taken away.

Adler insists on letting Henry stay in a vast Lockhart-owned mansion in Tuscon, but it's a big and lonely place. When Apollo arrives at the house with his sunny smile and infectious optimism, along with his no-nonsense rules, he slowly becomes an integral part of Henry’s life. But one day, when Henry is better, Apollo will leave, and what happens then? Has Henry really fallen for the dark eyed man, or is it all just smoke and mirrors?

If there is one thing that Apollo Vasquez knows all about it’s helping others and living with quirky athletes. After all, he’s spent most of his adult life tending to one of the richest hockey playing heirs in America. His days have been filled with friendship, laughter, and the knowledge that he’s needed. Or he used to be. Over the past year Apollo’s best friend, Adler Lockhart, has been slipping away, his time spent with his boyfriend, on the ice, or traveling the world with the man he loves. This leaves Apollo feeling like a clunky third wheel or all alone in a luxurious apartment with no one to fuss over.

Knowing that his life is at a crossroads, his loving nature leads him far away from his childhood friend to the dry desert town of Tucson where he signs on to care for Henry Greenaway as the young Raptor recovers both mentally and physically from a near fatal car crash. Henry is also facing a new life, one that might lead him from the sport he has loved for so long. Cooking, cleaning, and providing moral support is just what the doctor ordered for Apollo, and he soon finds himself not only rediscovering himself and a new life he adores, but falling for the sweet, lost, injured man who’s slowly capturing his heart one timid smile at a time.

En rigtig god bog i Arizona Raptors serien. Henrys kampe med at komme sig over hans fysiske og psykiske skader er godt beskrevet. Man føler virkelig med ham. Men den kunne have gået lidt mere i dybden

102: Sol, solo, superglue

Sol, solo, superglue
af Anja Hitz

100 sider
2017
bib.
god


En realistisk historie om forelskelse, identitet og indre konflikter. Det er letlæst fortælling, i serien "Zoom", der indlevende beskriver en ganske almindelig, men lettere forvirret, teenagepiges tanker. Anja Hitz har skrevet en helstøbt historie om Saras følelser - en pige der er klar på livet og gerne vil afprøve grænser, men også selv reagerer, når hun bliver klar over, at hun er kommet på dybt vand. Farvestrålende omslag

71: Frihjul

Frihjul
af Annette Bjørg

142 sider
2019
bib.
god

Beskrivelse

Nadia føler sig ikke hjemme i sit eget liv hverken derhjemme, på gymnasiet, på jobbet eller nogen steder. Det eneste sted hun føler fred og frihed er bag rattet i en af hendes fars biler, som hun sniger sig til at låne fra garagen. Problemet er bare at Nadia kun er 17 år og ikke har kørekort, så hun kan næsten ikke vente til hun bliver gammel nok til at få kortet. En dag beslutter hun sig for at stikke af og stjæler en af bilerne og kører ud i friheden. Første stop på vejen er hos hendes 9 år ældre fætter, der dog bliver noget nervøs over at hun er stukket af. Så hun lover at køre hjem igen, men i stedet fortsætter hun over Storebæltsbroen til Fyn, hvor hun på vejen samler en ung pige op, Michelle, der er blevet smidt af på motorvejen af sin kæreste. Inden Nadia får set sig om, er hun trukket ind i Michelles kaotiske liv med en kriminel kæreste og forældre, der lukker øjnene for det..

Vurdering

Spændingsfyldt roman om det at finde sig selv skrevet i et letlæst, men alligevel medrivende sprog. Annette Bjørg er god til at skrive interessante personer, som man ikke kan lade være med at holde mig. På få sider beskriver hun ungdomsliv der handler om meget mere end kun kærester.

65: Isbjerget

Isbjerget
af Kirsten Ahlburg

126 sider
2019
bib.
god



Julie og hendes forældre er flyttet ind i en stor lejlighed i Isbjerget, der er et nyt, prominent byggeri på Aarhus Ø med udsigt over bugten. Alt er perfekt på overfladen. Der er styr på økonomien, boligindretningen og karrieren. Moren er succesfuld advokat og faren hårdtarbejdende kirurg. Julie føler dog ikke, hun passer ind i forældrenes perfekte liv. Hun er ikke tilpas i den nye lejlighed og trives faktisk bedre hjemme hos veninden Clara med de nærværende forældre. Julie drømmer om at blive frisør, men det er ikke et valg, som Julies forældre kan acceptere. De har besluttet, at hun skal i gymnasiet

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"Isbjerget" er - udover at være titlen på bogen - også symbolet på forældrenes manglende varme og accept af deres datter i denne fine, letlæste roman for læsesvage unge. Trods den lave lix går bogen ikke på kompromis med indholdet.  På få sider og med få ord kommer man ind under huden på Julie. Man føler med hendes kamp. Det er en vedkommende og velskrevet fortælling om forventningspres i forhold til uddannelsesvalg, som vil være både genkendelig og aktuel for mange elever i udskolingen.

254: Helle Erobreren

Helle Erobreren
af Anders Morgenthaler og Marie Louise Tüxen

283 sider
2019
eg.
rigtig god

Helle Anja Janning var en gudsbenådet slagter. Hun kunne lægge et snit til en svineskank, som var det en finere kunstart, og hun drømte om at erobre hele verden med sine evner, så hun kunne give sin datter, Michelle, et godt liv. Men så gik det galt. Helle er i dag arbejdsløs, Michelle er i vrede over sin mors svage karakter flyttet hjemmefra, fogeden banker på, og Helle skal i endnu en trist jobaktivering – denne gang på Nykøbing F. Sygehus.

Helle står foran akutmodtagelsen, da ambulancerne pludselig vælter ind, og i tumulten bliver hun forvekslet med den sygemeldte polske turnuslæge Natalia Nowak. Nu er spørgsmålet: Hvad gør man, når man er faret vild i sit eget liv, og man pludselig får chancen for at blive en anden?

Rigtig rigtig sjov bog, som samtidig har noget på hjertet

105: Ryker

Ryker (Owatonna U hockey 1)
af RJ Scott og V.L. Locey

10: Amager halshug

Amager halshug
af Tomas Lagermand Lundme


127 sider
2015
bib.
god




Thomas er vred. Han er lige flyttet med sine forældre til Amager og gider ikke starte i sin nye klasse. Han gider heller ikke Andrea, som er forelsket i ham. Men måske er Andrea alligevel ok? Og hvad med hendes bror Morten?


En velskreven ungdomsbog om Thomas, der har svært ved familiens flytning samtidig med, at han kæmper med at finde ud af sig selv.
Bogen er ret kort med kortfattede kapitler, men man får stadig et rigtig godt indblik i Thomas's indre kampe. Meget bliver bare antydet, men antydelserne giver til sidst et klart billede af Thomas.  

43: The thing I didn't know I didn't know

The thing I didn't know I didn't know (Russel Middlebrook: The futon years 1)
af Brent Hardinger


248 sider
2014
eg.
engelsk
god






Russel Middlebrook is twenty-three years old, gay, and living in trendy Seattle, but life isn't keeping up with the hype. Most of his friends have a direction in life—either ruthlessly pursuing their careers or passionately embracing their own aimlessness. But Russel is stuck in place. All he knows is that crappy jobs, horrible dates, and pointless hook-ups just aren't cutting it anymore.

What's the secret? What does everyone else know that he doesn't?

Enter Kevin, Russel's perfect high school boyfriend. Could rekindling an old flame be the thing Russel needs to get his life back on track? Or maybe the answer lies in a new friend, an eccentric screenwriter named Vernie Rose, who seems plenty wise. Or what the hell? Maybe Russel will find some answers by joining his best friend Gunnar's crazy search for the legendary Bigfoot!

One way or another, Russel is determined to learn the all-important secret to life, even if it's a thing he doesn't even know he doesn't know.




Jeg kan godt lide den voksne Russel. Interessant at læse en ny voksen bog om en person der startede i ungdomsbøger.
Jeg tror alle nye voksne kender det som Russel kæmper: Hvad vil jeg med mit liv? Er jeg den eneste der ikke ved hvad jeg vil osv.

71: Fangirl

Fangirl
af Rainbow Rowell


473 sider
2013
eg.
engelsk
fantastisk


Cath and Wren are identical twins, and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they're off to university and Wren's decided she doesn't want to be one half of a pair any more - she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It's not so easy for Cath. She's horribly shy and has always buried herself in the fan fiction she writes, where she always knows exactly what to say and can write a romance far more intense than anything she's experienced in real life.

Without Wren Cath is completely on her own and totally outside her comfort zone. She's got a surly room-mate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about Words . And she can't stop worrying about her dad, who's loving and fragile and has never really been alone.

Now Cath has to decide whether she's ready to open her heart to new people and new experiences, and she's realizing that there's more to learn about love than she ever thought possible.




En af de bedste nørdede ungdoms/voksenbog som jeg har læst i lang tid. En bog om at turde prøve noget nyt, at turde kaste sig ud i livet.

69: Attachments

Attachments
af Rainbow Rowell

363 sider
2011
eg.
engelsk
fantastisk


It's 1999 and for the staff at one newspaper office the internet is still a novelty. By day, two young women, Beth and Jennifer, spend their hours emailing each other, discussing in hilarious detail every aspect of their lives, from love troubles to family dramas. And by night, Lincoln, a shy, lonely IT guy spends his hours reading every exchange.
At first their emails offer a welcome diversion, but as Lincoln unwittingly becomes drawn into their lives, the more he reads, the more he finds himself falling for one of them. By the time Lincoln realizes just how head-over-heels he really is, it's way too late to introduce himself. What would he say to her? 'Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mails - and also, I think I love you'.
After a series of close encounters, Lincoln decides it's time to muster the courage to follow his heart, and find out whether there really is such a thing as love before first-sight.


En rigtig god og anderledes chicklit. Den minder mig i formen lidt om Where rainbows end idet en del af bogen består af e-mailsene.
Interessante personer der føles virkelige. Man kan leve sig ind i de uperfekte

67: Walker & Datter

Walker & Datter
af Kate Jacobs

330 sider
2009
bib.
god

Georgia Walker ejer en strikkeforretning og kæmper for at klare sig som selvstændig og singlemor i New York. Forretningen suppleres af en strikkeklub, hvor de kvinder, der kommer, har deres at slås med. Deres venskaber og liv væves ind og ud, mens tragedien truer i horisonten.

En bog jeg lånte til en sygedag på sofaen, hvilket den var perfekt til. Underholdende chicklit med interessante personer man gerne vil bruge nogle timer sammen med.

47: One day

One day
af David Nicholls


444 sider
2011
engelsk
eg.
god




genlæste den til læsekreds i april.

18: Bastion

Bastion (The Collegium Chronicles V)
af Mercedes Lackey

383 sider
2013
eg.
engelsk
god/fantastisk


En rigtig god afslutning på serien. Mags får endelig svar på alle hans spørgsmål og får valgt sin vej i livet

15: Intrigues

Intrigues (The Colligium Chronicles 2)af Mercedes Lackey

399 sider
2011
l.a.p.
engelsk
god


læst før

14: Foundation

Foundation (The Collegium Chronicles 1)af Mercedes Lackey

431 sider
2008
engelsk
l.a.p.
god

75: The Perks of being a wallflower

The Perks of being a Wallflower
af Stephen Chbosky

236 sider
1999
eg.
engelsk
fantastisk

Fra Amazon.uk:
Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward, he is a wallflower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory: the world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex, drugs, and The Rocky Horror Picture Show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie can't stay on the sideline forever. Standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a deeply affecting coming-of-age story that will spirit you back to those wild and poignant roller-coaster days known as growing up.

Jeg så filmatiseringen, før jeg læste denne, da det var filmen ombord på en flyvetur til Danmark. Filmen gave mig lysten til at læse bogen, som jeg havde hørt godt om, men aldrig havde fået læst. Er glad for, at jeg endelig har fået den læst, for den var rigtig, rigtig god. Hovedpersonerne er alle interessante og atypiske. Og hvad der kan lyde som standardhandling for en ungdomsbog, er her underliggende anderledes og speciel

72: Circle of love

Circle of love (The Orphan train adventures 7)
af Joan Lowery Nixon

173 sider
1997
eg.
engelsk
god/fantastisk

Den sidste bog i serien. Generelt om serien vil jeg sige, at den er rigtig god og fortæller om en del af den amerikanske historie jeg ikke kendte noget til, indtil jeg i sin tid læse de første 5 i serien den første gang. Den måtte gerne for mig alle have været endnu længere, så man fik mere af børnenes historier.

I denne bog 7 er det igen Frances vi følger. Borgerkrigen er slut, men Frances's kæreste er kommet forandret tilbage fra krigsfængsel. Frances tager derfor imod et job med at være ledsager for en gruppe børn på et orphan train. En begivenhedsfuld tur, der også giver Frances tid til at finde ud af, hvad hun virkelig vil.